Example sentences of "have [verb] themselves [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Before I 'd joined they 'd called themselves Strand — after the Roxy Music song ‘ Do The Strand — and The Swankers but both these names were well past their sell-by date by the time I arrived . |
| 2 | By not putting the matter to the test they may well have spared themselves refusal . |
| 3 | In any case , the past could n't be investigated because the military had granted themselves amnesty from prosecution before handing Cerezo the reins of power . |
| 4 | Indeed all look at the recent decision by the and Allied Trade Union to the members who have amalgamated themselves Transport and General Workers . |
| 5 | The district council has no objections and of course the county 's granted themselves planning permission on it |